Closure eor toy banks and the like



F. C BIXON.

CLOSURE FOB TOY BANKS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE25. I919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

FREDERICK c. sixorr, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK. I

CLOSURE FOR TOY BANKS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application filed June 25, 1919. Serial No. 306,659.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. BIxoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Closures for Toy Banks and thelike, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to closures for toy banks, butthe improvement is also applicable to other receptacles.

Its object is the pro-vision of a simple and inexpensive device of thischaracter which, while permitting convenient deposit of coins in thereceptacle, prevents their withdrawal without destroying the bank orbreaking the closure.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy bank embodying thei'nvention.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof with the lid open andthe baflle closed. Fig. 3 is a similar section with the lid closed andbattle open to release a deposited coin. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionon line il- 1, Fig. 3, looking upward. Fig. 5 is a similar section online 55, Fig. 2, looking downward. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontalsection on line 66 Fig. 2, looking upward.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

10 indicates the body of the toy bank or other receptacle, which may beof rectangular or other appropriate form and suitably ornamented. It ispreferably constructed of paper board, but any other de sired materialmay be used.

In one of its walls, preferably its to 11, the bank is provided with acoin-receiving aperture 12. Applied to the underside of the top andsurrounding said aperture is a frame 13 of tin or other suitablematerial forminga coin pocket or chamber which is open at its upper andlower ends. In the construction shown, the aperture 12 and said frameare of rectangular form, and the frame is provided at its sides and itsfront end with to flanges 14 hearing against the underside o the top andeach having one or more integral tongues 15 which penetrate the top andare bent down upon it, whereby the frame is securely fastened in place.

The coin aperture is closed by a verticallyswinging lid 16, hinged at ornear the upper rear end of said frame. The lid preferably has cars 17carrying integral pintles 17*- fitted in bearing-openings 17 in the sidewalls of said frame, and at its free end it has a thumb-piece 18 forconveniently opening it. As shown in Fig. 6, the rear wall of the frameis provided in its upper edge adjacent to its side walls with notches 0rrecesses 17 which receive said ears in the open position of the lid. Ifdesired,the rear wall of the frame may be doubled on itself, as shown,to reinforce it. The lid extends rearwardly beyond its hinge and therear end of the frame 13 to form a tail-piece 19 which lies adjacent tothe underside of the top 11 when the lid is closed.

Applied to the bottom or inner end of the frame or coin pocket 13 is agate or baffle 20 controlled by the lid 16 and operating to close thecoin pocket when the lid is opened, as shown in Fig. 2, and to open anddischarge a deposited coin into the bank when the lid is closed. In thereferred construction shown, the baffle is hinged by integral pintles 21fitted in openings in the side walls of the frame 13, the same as thelid the free end of the baffle resting normally against the lower frontedge of the frame. In the rear side of its hinge, the baffle is providedwith an inclined or downward-extension terminating in a tailpiece 23which is arranged to be tipped and depressed by the tail-piece 19 of thelid 16 when the latter is opened, so as to elevate and close the baflle,as shown in Fig. 2. When thus opened, the lid occu ies a substantiallyupright position in which it holds the b ame closed, and prevents thewithdrawal of coins previously deposited in the bank,

Upon depositing a coin in the pocket 12 and closing the lid, the bafileis released and drops by gravity to the open position shown in Fig. 3,delivering the coin into the bank. The downwardly-bent extension 23permits the balile to swing into this open position.

To simplify the construction and reduce the cost of the closure, itsparts may be stamped of tin or other sheet metal. To permit of the readyassemblage of the frame 13, and the lid and the baflie with their integral pintles 17 and 21, the frame, in its preferred form, is bent froma single strip aving its ends secured together by a suitable joint, suchas a tongue 24 at one end of the strip interlocked with a slot 25 in theadjoining end, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5. I

I claim as my invention: 1

1. A closure for a toy bank or the like, comprising a frame adapted tosurround the coin-aperture of the bank, a swinging baffle applied to theinner end of saidframe and having a tail-piece, and a swinging lidapplied to the outer end of said frame and having a tail-piece arrangedto engage the tail-piece of the bafiie to close the latter when the lidis opened.

2. A closure for a toy bank or the like, comprising a frame adapted tosurround the coin-aperture of the bank, a bafile hinged to the lower endof said frame and provided in rear of its hinge with a downwardextension terminating in a tail-piece, and a lid hinged to the upper endof said frame and having a tail-piece arranged to engage the tail-pieceof the baffle when the lid is opened.

3. A closure for a to bank or the like. comprising a frame acapted tosurround the coin-aperture of lhe hank, swinging baflie applied to theinner end of said frame and having a tail-piece extending beyond therear end of said frame, and a swinging lid hinged adjacent to the rearend of said frame and having a tail-piece extending beyond said rear endand arranged to trip the tail-piece of the baffle to close the latterwhen the lid is opened.

4. A closure for a toy bank or the like, comprising a fran'ie adapted tosurround the coin-aperture of the bank, said frame being provided in theupper edge of its rear wall with notrhos a swinging lid having side earsarranged to enter said notches and terminating in hinge-pintlesjournaled in the side Walls of said frame, the lid also having atail-piece extending beyond said notched Wall, and a swinging baflieapplied to the inner end of said frame and having a tail-piece locatedin the path of movement of the lid tail-piece.

5. A closure for a toy bank or'the like, comprising a rectangular frameadapted to surround the coinaperture of the bank, said frame consistingof a continuous strip secured together at its ends and having two setsof pintle-openings located near its upper and lower edges, respectively,a swinging lid having pintles journaled in the upper set of saidopenings and a tail-piece extending beyond the rear end of said frame.and a swinging bafiie havin pintles journaled in the lower set of saiopenings and having a tail-piece arranged underneath the tail-piece ofthe lid to be engaged thereby.

FREDERICK C. BIXON.

